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Ten-Year Bonds Rise on Speculation Bank of Japan to Expand Monetary Easing

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:49:10 GMT

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Japanese bonds rose on speculation the government’s concern about deflation will spur the central bank to step up debt purchases and bring down yields.
Source: Bloomberg.com

Nikkei Down on Economy Jitters

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:42:48 GMT

By Shri Navaratnam SINGAPORE -- Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday with concerns about the economic outlook taking shares down in Tokyo.Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was flat with Japan's Nikkei 225 off 0.5% (after that market was shut for a holiday...
Source: Wall Street Journal

On The Tipping Point: Mademoiselle Yulia

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:26:50 GMT

In recent times, the name Mademoiselle Yulia has become more and more notable.
Source: Hypebeast

'Big fella' Lomu still inspires NZ: Nonu

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:24:13 GMT

The All Blacks missed Jonah Lomu's comeback rugby match, but they won't miss The Big Fella when he receives a hero's welcome at their Marseille hotel this week.
Source: The Age

Nikkei Declines After Opening Higher

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:56:06 GMT

TOKYO (NQN)--Tokyo stocks opened higher Tuesday after a four-day retreat, but quickly fell into negative territory.
Source: Nikkei

Treasuries Are Little Changed Before Record $42 Billion Five-Year Auction

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:50:14 GMT

Nov. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries were little changed, after five-year yields climbed from the lowest level in six months, as the U.S. prepared to sell a record $42 billion of the securities today.
Source: Bloomberg.com

JAL Proposes 30% Cut to Retiree Pensions as Airline Seeks Return to Profit

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:27:36 GMT

Asia’s largest airline by sales also suggested cutting employees’ pensions 50 percent, Nishimatsu told a group of former employees in Tokyo yesterday, spokesman Taro Namba said by phone today. The Nikkei newspaper reported the reductions earlier today.
Source: Bloomberg.com

Quoted in 'What the web is teaching our brains'

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:10:38 GMT

said in The Independent:

Neuroscientists at Tokyo Denki University, Japan, discovered that when volunteers viewed emoticons during an MRI scan, their right inferior frontal gyrus was activated

Official: Reaction to Japan Bow Left Obama "Speechless"

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:34:17 GMT

Source: CBS News President Obama's bow to Japan's Emperor Akihito in Tokyo earlier this month ignited anger from some conservatives who complained, in the words of blogger Donald Douglass, that the United States "now willingly prostrates itself before...
Source: Democratic Underground

Quoted in 'Flotsam and Jetsam'

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:40:33 GMT

said in Contentions:

The problem with President Obama’s recent swing through Asia cannot be boiled down to the kowtow, the collapse of Copenhagen, or the rebukes in Beijing and Tokyo. Lack of success does not automatically add up to failure. The more damaging outcome of the trip for Obama is the entrenchment of the perception at home and abroad of the president as a pied piper of American retreat in the world.

Photo from Getty Images

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:31 GMT

TOKYO, JAPAN - OCTOBER 26: Dutch Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende (L) listens as his Japanese counterpart Yukio Hatoyama (R) speaks during a joint press conference at the latter's official residence October 26, 2009 in Tokyo, Japan.

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Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:08:10 GMT

TOKYO! TRAILER

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 19:35:43 GMT